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On 8/5/2025 at 7:55 PM, Satchel said:

Texas has gobs of money. But it doesn’t have all the money. Could very well be.

Tech has gobs of money as well, and it's not going to run out of money any time soon. Cody Campbell et all aren't dumb, they know the spending will have to continue ad infinitum, it's not about blowing a bunch of money on one single football season, they'll have to keep doing this year after year and the results fans want probably won't come as quickly as they want.

And yeah, we're pretty much trying to follow Texas' model. It's a good model. The product on the field is proof of that, and it took some time for Texas as well.

Either way it'll be a much more interesting ride than it was before.

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40 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

Tech has gobs of money as well, and it's not going to run out of money any time soon. Cody Campbell et all aren't dumb, they know the spending will have to continue ad infinitum, it's not about blowing a bunch of money on one single football season, they'll have to keep doing this year after year and the results fans want probably won't come as quickly as they want.

And yeah, we're pretty much trying to follow Texas' model. It's a good model. The product on the field is proof of that, and it took some time for Texas as well.

Either way it'll be a much more interesting ride than it was before.

That was kinda my point.. Since my earlier post, I’ve learned Tech is going head to head with Texas for this QB:

The Red Raiders would also position themselves well for other elite targets, including Rivals’ No. 1 quarterback Kavian Bryant, who lists Texas Tech and Texas in his top two, and Rivals Industry five-star offensive tackle Cooper Hackett.

 

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On 8/5/2025 at 12:24 PM, Js1 said:

Which makes for a fun season, but also screws you over with CFP bids because you have too many contenders.  You need to be top-heavy, so the bottom of the league can't hand extra losses to the top of the league

Better to have 2 or 3 teams that are 10-2 than 4-5 teams that are 9-3/8-4.  Because you probably only getting 1 bid. 

The SEC/Big10 model.  Sadly, this is the state of college football.

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Tech just landed the #4 24/7, #1 Rivals recruit in the country, stealing him from Georgia and their backyard.  It will be interesting to see how they manage this shift in fortunes over the next few years.  They're doing everything they need to be doing if they want a seat at the big boy table in 2030/31, which they certainly deserve over some of the dregs of the SEC and Big 10. 

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1 hour ago, Brian Fantana said:

Tech has gobs of money as well, and it's not going to run out of money any time soon. Cody Campbell et all aren't dumb, they know the spending will have to continue ad infinitum, it's not about blowing a bunch of money on one single football season, they'll have to keep doing this year after year and the results fans want probably won't come as quickly as they want.

And yeah, we're pretty much trying to follow Texas' model. It's a good model. The product on the field is proof of that, and it took some time for Texas as well.

Either way it'll be a much more interesting ride than it was before.

Part of the “Texas model” is being the flagship university in the best town for young people in one of the most football crazed and talent rich states. With the most actual winning tradition. 
 
Good luck!

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Good luck to Tech and all but imo you can’t just buy success. Texas (UT) has Austin, a great university, a great team, and great coaches (and money) and even then it’s a challenge.   
 

Look at aggy. Football players qua mercenaries (or maybe mercenaries qua football players) won’t get it done. IMO. 

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16 minutes ago, Asithappens said:

Good luck to Tech and all but imo you can’t just buy success. Texas (UT) has Austin, a great university, a great team, and great coaches (and money) and even then it’s a challenge.   
 

Look at aggy. Football players qua mercenaries (or maybe mercenaries qua football players) won’t get it done. IMO. 

But then there’s the current national champion, Ohio State. Sometimes you eat the bear. Sometimes, the bear eats you.

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26 minutes ago, Asithappens said:

Good luck to Tech and all but imo you can’t just buy success. Texas (UT) has Austin, a great university, a great team, and great coaches (and money) and even then it’s a challenge.   
 

Look at aggy. Football players qua mercenaries (or maybe mercenaries qua football players) won’t get it done. IMO. 

They have paid a lot of money recently for Canady (softball / NCAA runner up), Toppin (Elite 8 and near Final Four berth) and now football. 

Glasco and McCasland though lap the coaching field with McDUI, so it remains to be seen if they can translate all the recruiting/portal success in football to wins.  That conference will eat you up with the parity. 

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1 hour ago, statsman said:

Part of the “Texas model” is being the flagship university in the best town for young people in one of the most football crazed and talent rich states. With the most actual winning tradition. 
 
Good luck!

Sure but winning traditions can be established, and some of the programs with great winning traditions are situated in really shitty towns/in the middle of nowhere. Unless you think Norman, OK is some kind of destination.

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Not gonna sit here and pretend Justus Terry and Atkinson were just filled with so much Texas love and that’s why we pulled them in. But Austin vs Lubbock is a big big pull. There’s no telling how much they are over paying to get these dudes there. And how well do you lock in when you are somewhere you really don’t want to be (Aggy 22)

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